Affinity's Adobe-rivaling creative suite is now free for six months

I use Gimp and Inkscape... that being said

Holy F Affinity Designer is soooo much better than Adobe Illustrator. Productivity wise, Affinity is more effective, and I know this because I used to work in marketing and promotions, and between Adobe Illustrator and sticking my fingers in a meat grinder, you can just call me old stubby... because Adobe Illustrator is painful.

I also got Publisher, because why not :) I wanted to make pamphlets and promotional prints, which it is also very good at doing, and between using Microsoft Publisher, Adobe InDesign and sticking my fingers in a grinder...

Well, you know the rest.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Design software developer Serif has launched a new six-month free trial for its Affinity creative suite, which is well regarded as being one of the few viable alternatives to Adobe’s professional design apps.

Affinity uses a one-time purchase pricing model that has earned it a loyal fanbase among creatives who are sick of paying for recurring subscriptions.

Prices start at $69.99 for Affinity’s individual desktop apps or $164.99 for the entire suite, with a separate deal currently offering customers 50 percent off all perpetual licenses.

This discount, alongside the six-month free trial, is potentially geared at soothing concerns that Affinity would change its pricing model after being acquired by Canva earlier this year.

“We’re saying ‘try everything and pay nothing’ because we understand making a change can be a big step, particularly for busy professionals,” said Affinity CEO Ashley Hewson.

In a Decoder interview published today, Canva CEO Melanie Perkins declined to describe its offering as a full alternative to Adobe’s Creative Cloud.

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